Join us for worship in the chapel as our series "The Posture of Prayer" continues. Dr. Russell Kleckley, Religion Dept., preaching.

Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

Daily Chapel: Holy Week Series

Join us for worship in the chapel as our series "The Posture of Prayer" continues. Dr. Russell Kleckley, Religion Dept., preaching.

11:30am, Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

Lunchtime Discussion on Cuba and Popular Education

Join the Center for Global Education and Experience for a casual talk with Carmen Nora Hernandez Chavez. We will discuss popular education and other general topics related to Cuba. Carmen is a popular educator, an expert on gender issues, and one of the founding members of the MLKC in Havana, Cuba. As part of the MLKC, she coordinates and imparts training workshops to people involved in community projects throughout Cuba. She has also worked as a consultant, researcher, and advisor on gender issues and the implementation of community projects for the United Nations Development Program and other international NGOs in Cuba and other Latin American countries.

12:00pm, Augsburg Room, Christensen Center

Study Abroad Info Session

Come by our office in Multicultural Center (CC2) for a general information session for basic info on finances, scholarships, academics, and how to find the right program for you.
Suite 2

The Augsburg College Department of Education and Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship invite you to a celebration of Democracys Education, a new book collection edited by Harry C. Boyte, senior scholar of the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship.
This event will feature Special Education at Augsburg College and its partners as outstanding examples of equipping students to change the world of work as civic innovators and citizen leaders.

4:00pm, East Commons, Christensen Center

SINGER SONGWRITER EXTRAVAGANZA

Come watch fellow Auggies show case their talent in the biggest Singer Songwriter event of the year!!! Come to Satern Auditorium at 6:30 PM, Tuesday, March 31st! There will be performances by AUGGAPELLA, POCKET CHANGE, ILLUSIVE WES, and LYONS AND LEGACY. There will also be gift card raffles which anyone who comes can enter for free!

6:30pm, Sateren Auditorium, Music Hall

Augsburg News

News Archives - 1998

Augsburg Choir Celebrates Its Nordic Roots
Through European Tour

May 13, 1998

The Augsburg College Choir will present their "Bon Voyage"
Concert on Friday, May 22 at 7:30 pm at the Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 4th
Street South, Minneapolis. The choir will perform their 1998 European Tour
Concert before venturing on a two-week tour of Germany, Sweden and Norway.
Tickets: $12/8 students and seniors. Box office: 624-2345.

The world-renowned Augsburg Choir brings together the musical traditions of North and South America
and Europe in the repertoire for their 1998 northern European concert tour.
Conducted by Peter Hendrickson, the sixty-voice choir will perform a
variety of sacred and secular works, including American spirituals, South
American folk music, and choral classics by Benjamin Britten, Johannes
Brahms, and J.S. Bach. The concert will also include a selection of "music
from the North;" works by Norwegian composer Egil Hovland,
Norwegian-American composer Leland B. Sateren, and a Nordic trilogy of
music from Germany, Sweden, and Norway, specially arranged by Hendrickson
for the choir's tour, and reflecting the northern European heritage of
Augsburg College's founders.

Augsburg College was founded in 1869 by Norwegian immigrants and is
affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Located in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, the College's mission is to nurture future leaders
in service to the world. Augsburg's Scandinavian connections extend from
the heritage of its founders to the College's ongoing role as one of the
sponsors and hosts of the annual Peace Prize forum, held in cooperation
with the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. In 1995, King Harald V of
Norway visited Augsburg College and was presented with the Augsburg Medal
by the Board of Regents. Augsburg is home to the Nordic Center, founded in
1983 by leaders from Minnesota's business, educational, professional, and
ethnic communities to provide a continuing forum for exchange of
information and ideas with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

The Choir upholds Augsburg College's history of choral excellence dating
back to the early part of this century. Members are chosen through
competitive auditions, and the group has been praised for its versatility
and musicality. The Choir performs frequently in the Minneapolis-St. Paul
area, and around the United States. Their Advent Vespers services are
attended by more than 10,000 people each year and heard by many thousands
more on public radio broadcasts.

European tour highlights will include concerts in Leipzig and Rostock,
Germany; Jönköping and Dala-Jörna, Sweden; and Kristiansand, Sandefjord,
Ål, Bergen, and Tysvaer, Norway. The Augsburg Choir is being joined by
percussionist and Augsburg colleague, Dr. Robert Stacke, who will accompany
the group on marimba, trap set, and various hand percussion instruments.

Dr. Peter Hendrickson, Conductor of the Augsburg Choir, a graduate of
Augsburg College, is Director of Choral Activities at Augsburg. A frequent
guest conductor at festivals, Dr. Hendrickson serves as Artistic Director
of the American Choir Festival in Leipzig, Germany. Hendrickson's
conducting activities also include serving as Music Director for the
Warland Symphonic Chorus, which performed with guest conductors such as
Roger Norrington, Edo de Waart, and David Zinman. In addition to his
conducting career, Hendrickson performs frequently on organ and harpsichord
with the Minnesota Orchestra, and has been heard on US radio broadcasts
with groups including the Empire Brass, the Dale Warland Singers, and James
Sewell Ballet.